If you go down to the woods today - watch out for students...

Students from Salford University headed down to Clifton Country Park during Mersey Basin Week. With the help of the Salford Rangers’ Service we spent the afternoon partaking in a session of woodland management. It was absolutely pouring with rain but that didn’t stop us chopping down some pretty hefty oaks that are overtaking. Having never done anything like this before we were somewhat cautious about using massive saws and scary sacateurs but we soon got the hang of things and felt like tree-chopping pros by the end of the session! We were having so much fun we didn’t even notice our damp, moldy clothes and dirty boots until the taxi driver on the way home gave us some rather strange looks. At least we had a great time and hopefully managed to slow down the invasion of the oaks too!

Alexis Roberts, Volunteering @ Salford